In-N-Out burger hoax bums out Berkeley

Excitement swelled among some at UC Berkeley Monday morning when they learned that In-N-Out was opening on the iconic strip of Telegraph Avenue south of campus. Someone had put a banner on an abandoned storefront announcing that Double-Doubles were soon to be available, saving students with the munchies a trip to the next-nearest In-N-Out in Pinole.

For months, petitioners were collecting signatures, hoping to lure the restaurant to the university. Students said Berkeley ranks last among UC schools in proximity to an In-n-Out, something that just couldn’t stand for lovers of the chain.

But the news was apparently too good to be true. The California Golden Blog, a site hosted on SB Nation, called over to the In-N-Out folks, who reportedly said there was no confirmed Berkeley site for this summer.

Confirmed: In-N-Out rep confirms that the Telegraph banner is not theirs and they have no current plans to open a store in Berkeley.

When we called the press office for the restaurant, a spokeswoman said they usually only put up banners right before a restaurant opens. She was not familiar with any location slated to open in Berkeley anytime soon.